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SUMMARY:TMR Bookgroup discusses the stories of Ayelet Tsabari
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Markaz Review runs an international book club that meets on Zoom every last Sunday of the month. Readers from Los Angeles to Abu Dhabi share thoughts and insights on the month’s selection. Frequently\, the author (and sometimes their translator) joins the group during the second half of the hour. Our bookgroup always meets the last Sunday at 1 pm Eastern. \nOn Sunday\, July 31st\, we will be talking about the short stories of Ayelet Tsabari in The Best Place on Earth. \nConfident\, original and humane\, the stories in The Best Place on Earth are peopled with characters at the crossroads of nationalities\, religions and communities: expatriates\, travellers\, immigrants and locals. \nIn the powerfully affecting opening story\, “Tikkun\,” a chance meeting between a man and his former lover carries them through near tragedy and into unexpected peace. In “Casualties\,” Tsabari takes us into the military—a world every Israeli knows all too well—with a brusque\, sexy young female soldier who forges medical leave forms to make ends meet. Poets\, soldiers\, siblings and dissenters\, the protagonists here are mostly Israelis of Mizrahi background (Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent)\, whose stories have rarely been told in literature. In illustrating the lives of those whose identities swing from fiercely patriotic to powerfully global\, The Best Place on Earth explores Israeli history as it illuminates the tenuous connections—forged\, frayed and occasionally destroyed—between cultures\, between generations and across the gulf of transformation and loss. [Goodreads] \nTo get on the list to receive the Zoom link for July 31\, email books@themarkaz.org. \nTMR’s bookgroup is moderated by Jordanian bookworm (and editor/translator) Rana Asfour.
URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldmarkaz/tevent/tmr-bookgroup-discusses-the-stories-of-ayelet-tsabari/
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